Kappabashi-Dōri (Kappabashi Street)

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  • Transport
    underground rail: Ginza Line to Tawramachi (exit 3)

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Lonely Planet review

A 10-minute walk west of Sensō-ji, Kappabashi-dōri is the country's largest wholesale kitchenware and restaurant-supply district. Gourmet accessories include colourful, patterned noren (split doorway curtains), pots and pans, restaurant signage, tableware and a number of bizarre Japanese kitchen gadgets to make you go 'hmmm?'

With that said, the key drawcard for overseas visitors is the plastic models of food, such as you see in restaurant windows throughout Tokyo. Whether you want steak and chips, a lurid pizza, a bowl of rāmen or a plate of spaghetti bolognaise complete with an upright fork, you'll find it here.